Magic Johnson: ‘Mark Walter is the right person’ to take over the Lakers

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Magic Johnson: ‘Mark Walter is the right person’ to take over the Lakers

The Dodgers controlling the owner Mark Walter, through his world company TWG, agreed to buy a majority participation in the Lakers last week and published information on the sale Wednesday in a statement announcing that the agreement would be concluded later this year.

When the news announced that Walter would take the interest controlling the bus family lakers at an evaluation of $ 10 billion, we contacted Magic Johnson about its reflections on the issue. Speaking from a yacht off the coast of Croatia, here is what the legend of the Lakers had to say on Walter, Jeanie Buss and the sale:

About Walter’s approach

“Mark is a man who cares and likes to win and who will always care to invest money to improve not only the team, but also the organization. It is someone who focuses on the family. He is a great man.

“You saw what happened to Dodgers once Mark and we all took over.”

On the bus family selling in Walter

“One thing that Jeanie [Buss] was going to do is put [the franchise] in good hands. If she was going to sell, it should be the right person, and Mark Walter is the right person to take over and lead us for the next 30, 40 years. It is therefore the best news that could have happened for all laker fans around the world. Mark has had a long look at Lakers for a long time. That’s why he bought [Philip] Anschutz [minority ownership] First and then he was sitting there, and Jeanie knew it.

“If she always wanted to sell, he wanted to be the one who had bought the team. And they had a friendship because it should happen first. Jeanie must know that he was going to do like her father [Dr. Jerry Buss] Done and just as she did and it was to make sure that he would also do great things in the community, like her father and she could do it and also educate him on the quantity of Lakers mean not only for laker fans, but for the NBA and in the world. “”

On the sale of the team

“I think the [Buss] The boys were ready before. I think they wanted to withdraw money. We see that happening all around sport. “Sometimes letting someone else have it. We saw Mark Cuban doing it. Boston did it. So you see it happening and maybe they [Buss family] said, “We just want money and continue and live our lives.” »»

“Mark likes to be part of Los Angeles and now he has the first baseball team and now the first basketball team.”

On Walter’s success

“The only great thing about Mark is that he will hire the best people. He will always have very good people around him to help him bring back championships to Los Angeles and Lakers fans. I am excited. It could not have been better for laker fans and the bus family and the NBA. You have the NBA Knows a Mark.

“What did Mark do for the Dodgers? He was a big brand of the brand and the team. How much money he has invested in the Dodger stadium. He is always ready to make the important and daring movements to win. But Mark is a visionary. So, he probably already has a vision for the organization Laker and for the team. So that is the great thing about him.

“What is funny is that her personality is like Johnie. You will not see him much in front, as now, he is not before the Dodgers. So, people need to understand this. It is not her personality. Just like the personality of Jeanie. She is not before.”

About Jeanie buses and sales

“You have seen Mark let Jeanie stay on the board of directors of the governors. It was smart. One thing that is intelligent about Jeanie is that she was never going to say: “Oh, the Lakers are on sale! Anyone can own them ”. It is not who she is.

“And I think that because of the success of the dodgers and the way he directed the organization, now it’s easy for fans. We already know him. We have already seen his work. We saw what he could do, led us to a few World Series World [wins] And go four times to the World Series. It’s successful success. This is what laker fans are looking for.

“He has history. This is what laker fans would like, someone they can trust, just as they trusted Dr. Buss. They trusted Jeanie because of her father saying:” This is what I want. “So it’s beautiful for all laker fans.”